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Understand the names you will hear when teams build agentic systems.
Semantic Kernel
Semantic Kernel is an application framework for combining models, plugins/tools, prompts and orchestration.
Think of it like
Think of Semantic Kernel as infrastructure glue: it does not replace the model, but helps applications connect pieces in a repeatable way.
Real life
Software frameworks such as Semantic Kernel package common patterns so teams do not rebuild everything from scratch.
SRE lens
An enterprise team may use it to connect AI to existing .NET or service environments.
Remember thisSemantic Kernel is an application framework for combining models, plugins/tools, prompts and orchestration.